Garment-supporter.



PATENTED JUNE ll, 1907.

R. GORTON. GARMBNT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1.1905.

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ROBERT GORTON, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARNIENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed May 1, 1905. Serial No. 258.262.

T0 all whom it muy concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT GoRTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garment supporters of the class known as front pad hose supporters in which a flexible pad adapted to cover the lower 'front portion of a corset is suspended from a belt adapted to encircle the waist of the wearer and carrying straps to which are attached clasps that engage the hose. Ordinarily these pads are formed of a front facing, a lining and a stiff interliiiing.

The principal object of my invention is to do away with the stiff interliiiing and to thus clieapen the pad and render it more easy to manufacture.

According to my invention I form the pad of two overlapping sections which are preferably so shaped as to provide arms for the attachment of the belt, legs to suspend the clasp-supporting straps and a centrally arranged pad of double thickness that is adapted to cover the lower front portion of the corset and hold it in place close against the y body of the wearer.

The parts are so disposed that when the clasps are attached to the hose a diagonal strain is exerted cross-wise of the pad which tends to keep it flat and smooth and to hold it firmly against the corset steels.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hose supporter constructed in accordance with inyinvention applied to a corset. Fig. 2 shows a front elevation on an enlarged scale of the two pad sections separated. Fig. 3 shows a front elevation of the two pad sections crossed and adjusted ready for the insertion of the stitching needle. Fig. 4 shows a front elevation of the pad with the two sections secured together. Fig. 5 shows a vertical central section of the two pad sections on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 shows a vertical central section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

Each padsection A, preferably has a general triangular shape and is composed of a front facing a, and a lining a, of cheaper material. The edges of the facing and the lin-I ing are turned in and the two parts are stitched together in the manner indicated in Fig. 6. Each pad section shown comprises a body portion, an upwardlyprojecting arm, B, and a downwardly projecting leg C.

In uniting the two sections they are preferably first crossed or overlapped in tl ic manner indicated in Fig. 3, then the stitching needle is inserted at and the parts are made to assume the position shown in Fig. 4 and are stitched on the line fy. This produces a centrally arranged pad of double thickness between the arms B, and the legs O. In fact the pad has four thicknesses of material, but there is no stiff interlinng as in many other pads. The shape of the pad proper, when constructed in the manner above described is pentangular, the legs C, depending from the converging sides of the pentagon and when put under strain, they cause the pad to be flattened out and pressed against the corset. The belt D, is permanently attached to one of the aiins B, and detachably connected with the other arm at E. The clasp supporting straps F, are preferably made of elastic webbing and are attached to the legs C, of the pad by buckles G. It will be observed that the legs C are formed in one piece with the pad and are not separately attached thereto as in many other constructions.

By constructing a hose supporter in this way I not only produce a pad which is supe-,

rior in use inasmuch as the diagonal strain above referred to holds the pad 'firmly in place, but a great saving in the cost of manufacture is effected. The pad sections A may be easily cut out with but little loss of material, they can be easily adjusted to position for stitching and can be quickly stitched together to complete the pad. Thus I avoid the use of interlining which in itself is not only an eXtra expense, but which when used requires additional care to position and secure it in place.

Of course it is not essential that the pad should be pentangular in outline although this shape is preferred. It is important however that the pad sections should overlap and it is desirable that they should be stitched together.

I claim as my invention:

l. A front pad hose supporter comprising two overlapping pad sections of relatively large arca where they overlap and permanently secured together around the edges of the overlapping portions, a belt permanently attached to the upper' portion of the pad on one side and detachably connected with the IOO the arms and detachably connected with the other arm and clasp supporting straps attached to the legs. 2. A front pad .hose supporter comprising In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 5 two pad sections having overlapping porsubscribed my name.

tions of relatively large area permanently secured together around the edges of the over- ROBERT GORTON lapping portions and having also upwardly Vitnesses: projecting arms and downwardly projecting M. M. TAYLORI 1o legsJ a belt permanently attached to one of GEO. B. GLIDDEN.

pad on the opposite side and clasp supporting straps connected with the lower portion of the pad. 

